about 28,000 square kilometers of forest had been cleared in Brazil alone (the Amazon spreads over nine countries, but 60 percent of the rainforest is in Brazil). Deforestation then slowed down significantly. It picked up again in 2014
Moreover, nature’s economic value and relative health varies regionally. “None of this is universal,” says Goolgasian. “Everything is location-based. An acre of land in Brazil has a very different value from an acre of land in California or Congo.” Even more challenging is the fact ...
Habitat fragmentation refers to the decrease in the natural habitats in the world because of various human practices, such as deforestation and land conversion. Habitats are essential to how organisms in an ecosystem function to create...
Guide to COP26: What's happening each day Image:The rainforest covers much of north-western Brazil and extends into other South American countries Image:The Amazon is the world's largest tropical rainforest, famed for its biodiversity The Amazon rainforest we picture in ou...
*The deforestation of the Amazon is the subject ofa long, semi-animated piecein the Washington Post. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is not only no fan of environmentalism, but he’s corrupt. That combination is helping destroy one of the world’s precious resources, the Amazonian rainforest...
Brazil has never had the political will to institute such a system, and the chances of it happening anytime soon appear low. The new president, Jair Bolsonaro, was elected in large part for his nationalist views, including the common belief that Brazil should be free to develop the Amazon ...
In this life nothing is certain. Therefore I am not declaring, absolutely, that we are at peak oil, only that it is a near certainty. But I am putting my reputation on the line in making the claim that the period, September 2014 through August 2015 will be the year of Peak Oil. ...